Irish Music

Intro: My Dance Radio – new Dublin synth-pop duo

My Dance Radio are a new band based in Dublin featuring the talents of Colm…

Watch a documentary about songwriting featuring Villagers, Adrian Crowley & more

Patchwork Quilt is a short documentary by Luke Byrne, about the wonders and art of…

Listen to Last Days Of 1984’s John Carpenter-esque remix of The Last Sound

Barry Murphy’s The Last Sound gave us ‘Sun Forever’ last week. Despite the title, it’s…

Halves – ‘Tanager Peak’ featuring Gemma Hayes

A few weeks ago, Halves announced their second album Boa Howl with a skittering percussive…

Croupier – ‘Power Up’

Croupier’s debut self-titled album was only released last August and the band’s melodic post-rock received…

Colm K – Listen to Cork producer’s summer electronic jazz EP

Colm K is a producer out of Cork who has been at it a long…

R.S.A.G. – ‘Broken State’

Drummer and multi-instrumentalist Jeremy Hickey aka Rarely Seen Above Ground, more commonly abbreviated to R.S.A.G.…

Listen to the new synth-disco single from Lasertom – ‘Call’

When not making funky disco pop music as Ships, Simon Cullen has been delving into…

New music: Lightning Dust, Petite Noir, Moscow Metro & Wolf Alice

The best new music/artist picks of the last week. As published in today’s Day &…

Daithí – ‘Chameleon Life’ (video)

The perfect pop song needs a perfect pop video and Feel Good Lost’s one for…

Listen/Download: Orquesta – Bray EP

Orlando Fitzgerald aka Orquesta is currently in his last days of participating in the Red…

Sounds Of System Breakdown – Nomad (review)

The term “electro-rock” always makes me a bit queasy. I just imagine some misguided classic-leaning…

Premiere: Listen to the debut album from alien-pop duo Nanu Nanu

There’s not enough theatre in Irish music. Maybe as a small nation where everyone knows…

Not Squares – ‘Simpler Vibe’

Not Squares have taken their time following up their excellent debut album Yeah OK! but…

The Last Sound – ‘Sun Forever’

Barry Murphy returns to his The Last Sound project for a fifth album next month,…

New music: Fallulah, Ejeca, Sr Sly & Slow Skies

The best new music/artist picks of the last week. As published in today’s Day &…

Little Green Cars – Absolute Zero (review)

My first experience of Little Green Cars was of a ragged but talented bunch of…

Daithí’s ‘Chameleon Life’ should be a pop chart smash hit

I don’t think I’ve ever went to post a song before and thought to myself…

Exit: Pursued by a Bear are on the last two days of their Fundit campaign, here’s one reason why you should help

Cork band Exit: Pursued By a Bear are in the last two days of their Fundit…

Belfast producer Ejeca remixes John Newman’s ‘Love Me Again’

A producer from just outside Belfast, Ejeca has been increasing in visibility in recent months…